The EU deplores the outbreak of violence on the Karabakh Line of Contact, which led to at least five deaths on 5 March. The circumstances of the fatal incident should be fully investigated, said...
The EU deplores the outbreak of violence on the Karabakh Line of Contact, which led to at least five deaths on 5 March. The circumstances of the fatal incident should be fully investigated, said Peter Stano, the EU’s lead spokesman for foreign affairs and security policy, in a statement....
Strasbourg, 13.02.2023 – Armenian society is characterised by a climate of tolerance and mutual understanding, and there is good provision of public TV and radio programming in minority languages and about national minorities. Despite this, national minorities’ rights, cultures and identities are not sufficiently promoted; legislative progress has been...
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, met in Kyiv today for the 24th EU-Ukraine Summit. They discussed how to further support Ukraine and how to increase collective pressure on Russia to end its...
The EU NEIGHBOURS EAST project in cooperation with the ‘European Media Facility in Armenia’ project, funded by the European Union and led by DW Akademie, is launching a media outreach and capacity-building initiative. The initiative will start with a constructive journalism training course led by a DW Akademie expert...
This month, the Common Aviation Area Agreement (CAAA) between the European Union and Armenia entered into administrative application. The agreement was signed on 15 November 2021 and aims at removing market restrictions and creating a common aviation area between Armenia and the EU. In particular, the agreement means that...
The first high-level Armenia-EU Political and Security Dialogue took place on 26 January 2023 in Yerevan, co-chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Vahe Gevorgyan and Deputy Secretary General/Political Director of the European External Action Service Enrique Mora. The one-day meeting reflected the interest of both...
The European Union says it is concerned by the detention of human rights defenders and political activists Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and Tofig Yagublu as well as the recent extension of the pre-trial detention terms of Elchin Sadigov and Avaz Zeynalli. “We urge the Azerbaijani authorities to release those who are...
The EU-funded ‘European Media Facility Armenia – Building sustainable and professional media in Armenia’ has organised an internship for students on developing journalistic skills. The activity was held at Factor TV. European Union Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin noted that against the current backdrop of disinformation, professional, independent, and investigative...
23 December 2022, BrusselsFor more than a week the situation in the Lachin corridor remains extremely tense andcomplicated. A group of Azerbaijani citizens who call themselves ecological activists haveblocked the Goris-Stepanakert highway, the only road connecting Nagorni Karabakh withArmenia and the outer world. Throughout the past days, the statements...
Strasbourg, 22 December 2022 – “I have been closely following the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh following the blocking of the road running through the Lachin Corridor since 12 December. I am concerned that the prolonged disruption in the movement of people, preventing some from reaching their homes, and in access to...
